September 2011
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Tonight's Dinner: Jamie Oliver's chickpea and leek... →
theverybestfood:
340gr/12oz chickpeas, soaked overnight
1 medium potato, peeled
5 medium leeks
1 tablespoon olive oil
knob of butter
2 cloves of garlic, finely sliced
salt and freshly ground black pepper
850ml/1 1/2 pints chicken or vegetable stock
Parmesan cheese, grated
EV olive oil
Rinse the soaked…
I have a chickpea infatuation. There, I said it.
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“Being gay is natural. Hating gays is a lifestyle choice.”
– John Fugelsang (via liberal-life)
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Your Nutritionista: Monday Must-Read: Is Junk Food... →
nutritionista:
I’m always fascinated by articles like this one, furiously trying to refute the argument that junk food is cheaper than home-cooked food. In his latest New York Times column, Mark Bittman breaks down the cost of a meal at Micky D’s versus homemade fare:
…A typical order for a family of…
For my habitual Mark Bittman references, Nutrtionista beat me to the punch. What...
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Millionaires, The Middle Class, and Taxes --... →
Here’s how to read this: 40 percent of taxpayers with incomes between 30K and 40K pay more than 12.9 percent of their income in income and payroll taxes; meanwhile, 25 percent of people with incomes over $1M pay less than 12.6 percent of their income in these taxes. This suggests that there are a lot of very-high-income guys paying a lower tax rate than their secretaries.
And that doesn’t even...
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September is Library Card Sign-Up Month →
usagov:
Find your local public library to check out books, movies, and more.
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nprfreshair:
Maurice Sendak was on Fresh Air...
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“Young adults, long the group most likely to be uninsured, are gaining health...”
– The New York Times, “Young Adults Make Gains in Health Insurance Coverage.”
Remember, young people: Michele “repeal Obamacare!” Bachmann would rather you went without insurance. Unless you’re gay, in which case feel free to visit her “doctor” husband, who will pray the gay away.
(via...
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“I feel like I’m working for myself at this point. If it’s publishable, fine. If...”
– Maurice Sendak on Fresh Air. (via nprfreshair)
If you missed this interview today, I can’t recommend that you take the time to listen strongly enough.
In the roughly 10 minutes, I was near tears one instant, smiling as wide as possible the next.
Maurice Sendak is an amazing human, but...
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“The American Academy of Pediatrics would like to correct false statements made...”
– AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS STATEMENT ON HPV VACCINE (via robot-heart-politics)
We need more and more people and organization (hello media!) to call out lies and half-truths that politicians repeat over and over again. Or lies they state just once.
I know both parties are guilty of it, but...
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More heroes from 9/11 →
I’m probably late to catch this, but there’s a really cool project by Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas that documents the rescue dogs that worked the 9/11 sites.
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